Yesterday I was planning to go out for a light jog, but just as I was about to go, it started to pour rain. So I decided it was better to stay in and not chance getting sick like I did last time. Good choice, because today was an amazing morning. I went just to get my feet moving and realized that I’ve got a tooth ache that shoots a small pain every time my foot hits the pavement. It’s happened before, so I’m thinking it’s just a little subconscious stress.

Hmmm… but that will be about 47,500 steps in the marathon.

How do I know? Well, I decided to find out this morning and ran through a puddle. Then I walked through it. I measured my stride over three steps for both and took the average (yes I brought a tape measure – precognitive, right?). It’s very short (35 inches). So, at 1,661,220 inches/marathon (thank you google), then divide by 35… that comes out to nearly 47,500 steps! (and that’s why I went to graduate school!).

Okay enough with the math. I’m not worried about the tooth… and I know from experience, it’s very hard to count my steps while I’m running and focusing on my breathing.